[TYPES/announce] Call for Nominations - VCLA Awards 2018 for Master and Bachelor theses (deadline: 15 March)

[Federico Aschieri]

VCLA International Student Awards 2018 in Memory of Helmut Veith


The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms of TU Wien (Vienna University of
Technology), calls for the nomination of authors of outstanding theses and
scientific works in the field of Logic and Computer Science, in the
following two categories:

·         Outstanding Master Thesis Award

·         Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (Bachelor thesis or
equivalent, 1st cycle of the Bologna process)

 

The main areas of interest are:

*  Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations
   such as proof theory, model theory, algorithmic lower and upper bounds,
   Boolean satisfiability (SAT), QBF, constraint satisfaction,
   satisfiability modulo theories, automated deduction (resolution,
   refutation, theorem proving), non-classical logics (substructural
   logics, multi-valued logics, deontic logics, modal and temporal logics),
   computational complexity (complexity analysis, parameterized complexity,
   decomposition methods).
*  Databases and Artificial Intelligence, concerned with logical methods
   for modeling, storing, and drawing inferences from data and knowledge.
   This includes subjects like query languages based on logical concepts
   (Datalog, variants of SQL, XML, and SPARQL), novel database-theoretical
   methods (schema mappings, information extraction and integration), logic
   programming, knowledge representation and reasoning (ontologies,
   answer-set programming, belief change, inconsistency handling,
   argumentation, planning).
*  Verification, concerned with logical methods and automated tools for
   reasoning about the behavior and correctness of complex state-based
   systems such as software and hardware designs as well as hybrid systems.
   This ranges from model checking, program analysis and abstraction to new
   interdisciplinary areas such as fault localization, program repair,
   program synthesis, and the analysis of biological systems.


The award is dedicated to the memory of Helmut Veith, the brilliant computer
scientist who tragically passed away in March 2016, and aims to carry on his
 commitment to promoting young talent and promising researchers in these
areas.

 

Award

The Outstanding Master Thesis Award is accompanied by a prize of € 1200, and
the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award by a prize of € 800.  

 Additionally, the winners will be invited to present their work at an award
ceremony during the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC) 2018 in Oxford.

 

Eligibility

The degree must have been awarded between November 15th 2015 and December
31st 2017. Students who obtained the degree at TU Wien are excluded from the
nomination.


Important dates

Submission deadline: March 15, 2018 (anywhere on Earth)
Notification of decision: End of May 2018
Award ceremony: July 2018 (during FLoC, details to be announced)


Nomination Procedures

For nomination instructions, please visit
http://logic-cs.at/award-call-2018/ <http://logic-cs.at/award-call-2018/>

Kindly address all inquiries to award at logic-cs.at <mailto:award at logic-cs.at>

VCLA Award Chairs 2018

Robert Ganian (committee co-chair)

Magdalena Ortiz (general chair)

Revantha Ramanayake (committee co-chair)
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